I’m one of those people who is fairly familiar with the Bible. I grew up on the mission field, raised with the Bread of Life on my plate every single day. It was a privilege and a great honor, but one that took me years (and years) to appreciate.
Even now, I find myself “gearing up” (translate: sighs and clock-watching, guilt over wishing I could ask for a rain-check), for my devotions, or skimming over things because “I know this already….”
In fact, do you want to know something? It is rare that I hurry to meet with the Lord. My heart doesn’t often race at the thought of setting aside one-on-one time to spend with Him. In fact, most of my days are so full from the moment I awake to the moment I put my head on my pillow and pass out, that I feel like He’s just one more item on my daily planner to check off the list.
More often than not, I am driven by my KNOWLEDGE that I need Him, rather than by a desire to seek Him out and simply enjoy Him.
But guess what? HE knows how awesome He is, even when I forget. And HIS heart DOES race at the thought of meeting with me. And He NEVER asks me for a rain-check. Never. Because HE knows far better than I do JUST HOW MUCH I need Him, how much my heart longs to hear from Him.
And sometimes, when I stop my busy scrambling and time-keeping, He whispers to me between the familiar words of His Word, just how THRILLED He is to see me coming to spend time with Him.Song of Solomon 6:10 “Who is this that grows like the dawn, as beautiful as the full moon, as pure as the sun, as awesome as an army with banners?”